Mathematicians Of The Day: 8th August

On this day in 1900, David Hilbert gave a talk at the second International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris in which he described 10 from a list of 23 problems.

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Roger Penrose

Born:

1902: Paul Dirac Ⓟ

1910: Johanna Weber Ⓟ

1912: Ralph Boas Ⓟ

1921: Edwin Spanier Ⓟ

1931: Roger Penrose Ⓟ

1935: John Hildebrant Ⓟ

Died:

1555: Oronce Fine Ⓟ

1853: Jozéf Hoëné Wronski Ⓟ

1979: Lionel Cooper Ⓟ

1989: Taro Morishima Ⓟ

2009: Muriel Wales Ⓟ

2017: Cathleen Morawetz Ⓟ